Tag Archives: Hyundai

I bumped into an old work acquaintance, named Jamie, a few weeks ago while out sampling some particularly delicious ramen. After we both agreed the ramen was fantastic, we naturally moved the conversation along to cars.
I asked him what he was driving these days. The last I knew, he was...

When I picked up the recent press vehicle for the week something donned on me: not once, in my eight years of writing about and reviewing cars have I ever driven a Hyundai Accent. Astonishing, isn’t it? It’s a bit like a doctor admitting that not once has she ever...

By Kevin Harrison
When I found out Hyundai Canada was sending an Elantra GT my way for evaluation, I got pretty excited. In my mind, I was going to be able to test the Sport model with, hopefully, a manual transmission. The Elantra GT Sport was developed, according to Hyundai, at...

By Kevin Harrison
It's a bout time an automaker gave Toyota a legitimate challenge to the formidable Prius.
Sure, Honda had a bit of a go with the Insight, but with a disappointing ride, and similarly disappointing fuel mileage and quality, its short five year lifespan surprised few of us in the...

By Kevin Harrison
I remember the first time I saw the word 'Sport' on a minivan. It was a Ford Windstar that was in bright red, with sporty looking alloy wheels and a spoiler tacked onto the back. That was officially the day the word lost any meaning that equated it...

By Kevin Harrison
Despite being told otherwise, I don’t necessarily fancy myself to be a talented writer. Most of my reviews are ‘light reads’ as you may have noticed. A big reason why I write in simple, easy to understand language is because I am mindful of my audience. This isn’t...

By Kevin Harrison
If you did a double take on the headline of this week's review, you could be forgiven. That's not a typo, you can indeed get a 2017 model vehicle this early into 2016.
But the real question is, why bother doing so? Well, it may or may not surprise...

By Kevin Harrison
Hyundai has a bit of a problem on its hands. It seems a lot of the time, its customers are forced to make a tough decision: do I buy the Tucson or the Santa Fe?
The latter usually seems to seal the deal with its larger (albeit not by...

By Kevin Harrison
With the reputation of diesels taking a hit from a certain popular German brand, some may be revisiting the idea of buying a hybrid in order to save fuel.
My personal opinion on hybrids is that they are a relatively impressive achievement. Not only are they more efficient than...